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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 651963, member: 13650"]I see what you're getting at. I would say it really shouldn't matter all that much on an AG coin. To get to that point, the coin is already so heavily worn that a light cleaning can't do much harm to it. Some may argue that, "well, then it doesn't have an original surface!" The thing is, an AG coin doesn't have much if any original surface left anyway. The original surface is typically long gone. Just try weighing one. Depending on what it is, an AG coin can be fractions of a gram to well over a gram underweight from the surfaces being worn off.</p><p> </p><p> Here's a AU50 1839-O $2.5 Improp. cleaned that would typically go for several thousand, but has been bid up to $750 and this is where it will likely end.</p><p> </p><p> <a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1128&Lot_No=2333" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1128&Lot_No=2333" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1128&Lot_No=2333</a></p><p> </p><p> That's a typical price adjustment. I don't know that the same percentage price adjustment could be used on an AG coin. You're already at the bottom. I guess it would depend on how old it is. A AG Liberty seated type might not matter as much as say something from the 1700s, if a harsh cleaning was obvious. Hard to come up with a definitive answer besides the fact that things are worth whatever someone is willing to pay. It's only a matter of find that someone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 651963, member: 13650"]I see what you're getting at. I would say it really shouldn't matter all that much on an AG coin. To get to that point, the coin is already so heavily worn that a light cleaning can't do much harm to it. Some may argue that, "well, then it doesn't have an original surface!" The thing is, an AG coin doesn't have much if any original surface left anyway. The original surface is typically long gone. Just try weighing one. Depending on what it is, an AG coin can be fractions of a gram to well over a gram underweight from the surfaces being worn off. Here's a AU50 1839-O $2.5 Improp. cleaned that would typically go for several thousand, but has been bid up to $750 and this is where it will likely end. [URL]http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1128&Lot_No=2333[/URL] That's a typical price adjustment. I don't know that the same percentage price adjustment could be used on an AG coin. You're already at the bottom. I guess it would depend on how old it is. A AG Liberty seated type might not matter as much as say something from the 1700s, if a harsh cleaning was obvious. Hard to come up with a definitive answer besides the fact that things are worth whatever someone is willing to pay. It's only a matter of find that someone.[/QUOTE]
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